Category: Women’s Health

  • A Healthy Start for a Healthy Future

    A seedling needs good soil, water, sunlight, and nutrients to grow a healthy plant. Likewise, your child needs good nutrition, water, air, love, elimination/reduction of toxic elements, and an uninterrupted flow of nerve signals, to name a few, for healthy growth and development. A baby is a vast bundle of neurons representing a potential of…

  • Resources for a Healthy Pregnancy, Birth and Baby

    Local Resources:  Midwives Robin Lavis, CM (231) 264-9144 Birthways Midwifery, Inc. Geraldine Simkins, CNM (231) 228-585 Peg Dunn, CNM (231) 941-5568 Dance of Life Midwifery Services Kathi Mulder, CPM (231) 929-3563   Doulas Karen Griggs, Doula (231) 409-2896 Samantha Tengelitsch, Doula (231) 943-4054 Blessings of the Womb Robin Lavis, CM (231) 264-9144 Aware Beginnings Doula…

  • Pregnancy and the Chiropractic Advantage

    EXCERPTS FROM: PREGNANCY AND THE CHIROPRACTIC ADVANTAGE BY STEVE TROYANOVICH, D.C. A situation in which (1) the medical community is improperly informed about the benefits of chiropractic care and (2) there exists a lack of communication between the members of organized medicine and the chiropractic profession has resulted in a diminished quality of health care…

  • Midwifery Facts

    From: The Wellness Report Sponsored by the Michigan Chiropractic Council “Unfortunately, the role of obstetrics has never been to help women give birth. There is a big difference between the medical discipline we call ‘obstetrics’ and something completely different, the art of midwifery. If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover…

  • Complications of Spinal Changes During Pregnancy

    Pregnancy results in considerable compensations in biomechanics and structure of the spine. During pregnancy the thoracic (mid-back), lumbar (low back), and whole pelvic structure undergo changes in preparation for the subsequent delivery. Loosening of the usually firm joints under hormonal influence leads to changes in posture, weight bearing, degree of spinal curvature, and dynamics of…

  • Chiropractic Care in Pregnancy for Safer, Easier Births

    By: Jeanne Ohm, D.C. Originally Printed in: I.C.P.A. Newsletter May/June 2001 Chiropractic care is essential for the pregnant mother. Her systems and organs are now providing for two and their optimal function is critical for the baby’s healthy development. The mother’s spine and pelvis undergoes many changes and adaptations to compensate for the growing baby…

  • Breastfeeding

    From: The Wellness Report Sponsored by the Michigan Chiropractic Council The Miracle of Mother’s Milk In the past 20 years, researchers have been examining the unique and complex features of breast milk in an effort to determine why it is so superior to cow’s milk and infant formulas. The composition of human milk, like that…

  • What They Don’t Tell You About Vaccination Dangers Can Kill You or Ruin Your Life

       By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D. Advanced Nutritional Concepts, LLC www.russellblaylockmd.com   After 30 years of intensive research, much has been learned about how brain cells work and what goes wrong when disease arises. One of the great enigmas has been the connection between vaccinations and certain brain disorders such as: Autism ADD ADHD Gulf…

  • Vaccine Myths

    The following is reprinted with permission from Alan Phillips DISPELLING VACCINATION MYTHS An Internationally Published, Referenced Report   © by Alan Phillips, Director, Citizens for Healthcare Freedom P.O. Box 622Durham, NC, 27715. Revised periodically. This Posting Revised February 5, 1998.   PART 1: An Introduction to the Contradictions Between Medical Science and Immunization Policy. o…

  • Vaccination Resources

    Click here for a number of valuable links about vaccinations awareness.